I have a lift master and I programmed the remote and left it in my vehicle. I forgot to program the key pad and defaulted to factory settings. How do I get my garage door open with out prying it with a hanger? Is there master password? Or can I hotwire the outside control panel?
How to get the garage door open without prying it with a hanger
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Do you have a button switch on the wall to open - close? There are usually two wires going to that. I don't think it will hurt to short those wires momentarily to test it. If it did, Lift Master would get a lot of returns because I'm certain many people have shorted the wired pair upon installation. My Craftsman has two wires going to a multiple switch panel. I can open - close the door, turn on-off the opener light, and lock the remote controls. These functions are controlled by adding a resistance to the wired pair. each control has a different resistance. The open-close is just a short. the unit remembers what direction it went the time before. IE: if you short once to open the door, then short again will close the door.
It sounds like the controller needs to be reset and the remotes reprogrammed. Usually this requires physical access to the opener, but if you have a hardwired remote it might be possible to pair it via the keypad. Check the manual for your opener.
But back to the problem of how to open it. If the garage does not have an alternative access there should be a manual cable release which disconnects the door from the opener chain so that you can manually open it. Often this is in the form of a small key near your garage door. With the key you can open the lock and pull the manual release.
(source: garage-door-automation.co.uk)
If the installation was done correctly, you have one of these you just need to find it. If you don't have the key a locksmith should be able to open it for you.
If you do not have a manual release then I think you will have to resort to breaking a window.
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If you do not have an entrance door to your garage (either to the interior of your house, or the exterior), there should be a key-based garage door release on the outside of your garage. You would obviously need the key for this, but it would release the garage door without resorting to prying it with a hanger or another similar hack.
It is also very typical to have a hardwired button available inside your house or next to an entrance door of the garage.
If not I doubt you can easily hotwire the control panel and instead would need to figure out how to pull the release cable. Lucky for you there are a ton of YouTube videos on how to do this. Here's one.